Sms addiction

SMS Texting Addiction: When Texting Never Stops
Date Published: 11th February 2008 |
With the proliferation and widespread adoption of SMS
Technology comes problems unheard of before. One suchproblem is texting addiction. It was reported that a Scandinavian therapy center, has treated around 60 addicts since 1998 and this number should have more than doubled by today.
Asia has not beenspared either. According to Telecoms Korea, 3 out of 10 Korean high school students who carry mobile phones are reported to be addicted to mobile phones. The report also added, a big 21% of 270 highschool students carrying mobile phones answered that they feel uneasy when their mobile phones are not in their hands and 8% of them said that they feel very irritated without mobile phones. 10% of the thestudents who responded already reported of soreness in the shoulder or wrist. This is repetitive strain injury - pressing tiny keyboards of mobile phones causes poor blood circulation and soreness inthe shoulder.
The immediate effect of texting addiction, called by some as compulsive text messaging, is repetitive strain injury. This dries out the lubricating fluid between tendons of your hands,shoulders and wrists. Those showing this type of addiction are also prone to depression, anxiousness and sleep disorder, aside from the monetary effects to the person and his/her family.
Most peopleaffected by this technology addiction are still on their denial stage claiming there is no such thing as texting addiction. In the early days of marijuana and cocaine, addiction also wentunrecognized until people realized they were addicted into it and it was already too late for them to respond logically.
Why are people quick to look down on alcoholics or drug addicts, but then go out andspend 12 hours in Internet chatrooms? Compulsive text messaging are sending people to clinics for treating their technology addictions. And this number is rising.
The World Health Organization has...